Platform for shirt-boxes, &amp;c.



E. 1. SCHOETTLE.

PLATFORM FOR SHIRT BOXES, 6L0.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18, 1915.

l ,1 55,281 PatentedSept. 28, 1915. I

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PLATFORM FOR SHIRT-BOXES, 86C.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 28, 1915. v

Application filed February 18, 191-5. Serial No. 9,083.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWIN J. SOHOETTLE, a citizen of the United States, residing in. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements. in Platforms for Shirt-Boxes, &c., of whichthe followingis a specification. a I

My invention relates to certain improvements in boxes containing shirts and like articles having certain portions starched and which must be arranged so as not to be crushed in packing or in transportation.

The object of my invention is to arrange the platform, which can be inserted in any box of a given size, so that the position of the shirts, or otherarticles, packed in the box-will be such that the cuffs and collar bands will be protected and each shirt will be held in place in the box in such a manner as to prevent disarrangement. This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved platform for shirt boxes; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of a shirt box, showing the platform in position; Fig. 3 is a plan'view of the platform in a flat condition; Fig. 4 is a plan View of the section which forms the elevated portion or hump of the platform which holds the body of the shirts firmly in position; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification of my invention; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a shirt box, showing the modification illustrated in Fig. 5 in position therein. 3

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the body of the shirt box. 2 is the cover and w, w, 00 represent the shirts within the box. These shirts each have a collar band y and cuffs o.

3 is the platform, shown clearly in Fig. 1, upon which the shirts are placed.

High grade shirts are usually packed three in a box and they are so folded that when ironed the pair of attached cuffs of each shirt extends beyond the end of the folded portion of the shirt. These cuffs are rounded and ironed and occupy a space of about two and. one-half inches. Therefore, when the shirts are packed in a box it is necessary to arrange them so that the cuffs alternate, there being one pair of flared cufl's at one end of the box and two similar pairs at the opposite end thereof. There are also two collar bands at one end of the box and, one collar band at the opposite end, the

material, when folded, occupying but a shah at theends, in the present instance, and at one end of the body portion is a recess .6 to

accommodatethe collarband of the lower shirt. I preferably form a sectional flange 7 around the opening 6 so as to stiifenthe body portion of the platform. The plat-Q form is less in length than the box so as to allow the cuffs to. freely overhang-the ;plat-' form. At one end of the box beyond the platform 7 are located two pairs of cuffs which will not become crushed or creased. There is suflicient space between the top of the platform and the lid of the box at the opposite end to accommodate the single pair of cuffs, as shown in Fig. 2, and there is sufficient space between the platform and the top of the box to accommodate the two collar bands 1/, a, as shown. The third collar band projects into the opening 6, as above set forth.

I form a hump, or enlargement, 8, on the platform which takes up the Waste room and the body of the shirt is firmly held in position when the lid is applied. Tapes 9 may be used for tying the shirts to the platform, if desired. The hump is made by a blank shown in Fig. 4 having tongues 10 which enter slots 11' in the body portion of the platform, but the material forming the hump may be secured to the box by pasting or eyeleting, if found more desirable.

In some instances, the platform may be made as illustrated in F ig. 5, in which 8* is the body of the platform having an opening 6 at one end and having flanges l and 5 the body portion being tapered at one end,

as shown, in order to furnish additional room at one end of the box. The platform, in the present instance, is loose in the box,

but it may be attached thereto, if desired, or

the side flanges may extend beyond the end flange to the full length of the box, as shown at 4P, Fig. 5. The construction of the plat-. form is such that it can be shipped to a manufacturer in a flat condition and the flanges may be turned down and the'hump portion applied when the goods are packed in the box, or the platform can be built directly in the box, if preferred. The platform is made of cardboard and is cut in the shape shown. The hump is also made from a sheet of cardboard cut to such dimensions that When it is applied the tongues Will enter the slots in the body portion, as illiis- H trated. The platform can be made of other material Without departing from the essential features of the invention. a

While I have described my improved platform as used in connection With a box con taining shirts,- it will beunderstood that it can be applied to boxes containing other articles which must not be disarranged in shipping. 1

I claim: I

1 1. The combination in a box for holding shirts and like articles, of aplatform having a flange to raise it above the bottom of the box and havingan opening at one end to receive a'neck band of a shirt, the said platform being less in length than the box so that-the 0115 of a shirt, or like article, packed in the boxnvill extend over the platforiny 2. The combination in a box, of a platform less in length than the box and having an opening at one end, said platform having 'havinga flange and being slottedgr and ablank forming a hump of the platform and having'tongues entering the slots so that when the section islmonntedonthe platform; I it is bowed in order to raise it above the levelof the platform; i c V In testimony whereof, I h v i my name to this specificationy-in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

.e EDWIN J. sciioETTLEQ Vitnesses: '7

JosrH. KLEI WM. A. BARR.

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